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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Ratcliff, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Keith L Milliman, Bethel, CT (US);
Henry R Sienkiewicz, Stamford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606113 ; 606110 ;
Abstract
A surgical retractor device for manipulating organs during an endoscopic or laparoscopic surgical procedure. The retractor device includes a loop of material at a distal end of the instrument which is extendable and retractable from the elongated body portion of the instrument. The loop of material may be detached to be wrapped about an organ and reattached to secure the organ. Once the organ is secured, the loop of material may be retracted into the body portion of the instrument to manipulate the organ.